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akatari continued. 



akatarika gain. 



akatatariga a present. 

 akatuu (aka 3-tuu) symptom. 



Mq. : hakatu, symptom. 



akikuku (akikuhu R) claw, talon (mai- 



kuku). 

 akoako to learn, to teach, to undertake, to 

 essay, to study, to preach, to exer- 

 cise, to instruct. 

 P Pau. : ako, to instruct, to advise, to learn. 

 Mgv.: ako, to essay, to prove, to 

 try, to exercise, to practise. Mq. : 

 ako, to teach, to try, to exercise. 

 Ta. : ao, to instruct, to advise. 

 In all its extent this vocable is suscepti- 

 ble of the meanings to teach and to learn, 

 but in Polynesia this is not the vulgar 

 error which it is in English. The root sense 

 which the vocable carries is such an ele- 

 ment common to teaching and learning 

 that the outward directive atu suffices to 

 express teaching and the employment of 

 the inward directive mat serves to desig- 

 nate learning. 



akoakoga essay, instruction, lesson. 

 Mgv.: akoakoga, test, experience. 

 aku 1 ball. 

 aku 2 dorado. 



Mgv. : aku, the name of a fish. Mq. : 

 aku, a fish with a long snout; but 

 not the dorado, which is liiia. 

 aku 3 to swallow. 



akuaku noise when swallowing. 

 akuaku 1 ambition. 



akuaku 2 soul, shade, ghost, specter, imma- 

 terial, spiritual. 

 akui 



a. to rub, to scrub. 



b. to sharpen, to put an edge on. 



c. to brush, to daub, to paint, to grease, 



to anoint. 

 Mgv. : ukui, to rub, to wipe, to scrape, 

 to scratch. Mq. : ukui, to rub, to 

 clean, to brush, to polish, to whet. 

 Ta. : uui, to rub, to polish a boat. 

 This may be associable with the Tonga- 

 fiti Maori ukui. 

 akurakura (a 7-kurakura) to cajole, to 

 wheedle. 

 Mgv.: kurakura, excellent, esteemed, 

 valuable. 

 (amaga R) amoga. 

 amo 1 a yoke, to carry. 



P Mq. : amo, a carrying pole, to carry on 

 the shoulders. Ta. : amo, to carry 

 on the shoulders. 

 amo 2 to bend, to beat a path. 



Ta. : amo, to bend. 

 amoamo 1 to feed, to graze. 

 amoamo 2 to spread, to stretch (used of 



keete). 

 amoga (amo 1) burden, load. 

 amokio together. 



amomotanu (amomo-tanu) to plant. 

 amua (mua). 



ana 1 cave, grotto, hole in the rock. 



P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta. : ana, cave, 

 ana 2 in order that, if. 

 ana 3 particle (na 5). 



garo atu ana, formerly. 

 mee koe ana te ariki, the Lord be with 

 thee. 

 PS Sa. : na, an intensive postpositive par- 

 ticle. 

 anake unique. 



T Pau. : anake, unique, to be alone. Mgv. : 

 anake, alone, single, only, solely. 

 Mq.: anake, anae, id. Ta.: anae, 

 all, each, alone, unique. 

 anakena July. 



ananake common, together, entire, entirely, 

 at once, all, general, unanimous, uni- 

 versal, without distinction, whole, 

 a company. 

 piri mai te tagata ananake, public. 

 kite aro te mautagata ananake, public. 

 mea ananake, impartial. 

 koona ananake, everywhere. 

 anani orange. 



Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta. : anani, id. 

 The edible orange is an exotic, and the 

 agreement of the four languages most 

 under French influence suggests that anani 

 is a loan; a source thereof is not clear, for 

 orange would more readily become oragi. 

 In Nuclear Polynesia (including Futuna 

 under French influence) the indigenous 

 citrus fruits and the exotic orange are all 

 known as molt. 

 anei (a 8-nei). 

 aneira (a 8-neira). 

 aniani onion. 

 anio lamb (agneau). 

 anoano abyss. 



Pau. : anoano, shallow, superficial. Ta. : 

 anoano, depth, abyss. 

 anoraro T southeast wind. 

 ao 1 authority, kingdom, dignity, govern- 

 ment, reign (aho). 

 topa kia ia te ao reign. 

 hakatopa ki te ao, to confer rank. 

 ao ariki, royalty. 



ka tu tokoe aho, thy kingdom come. 

 PS Mgv.: ao, government, reign. Mq. : 

 ao, government, reign, command. 

 Sa.: ao, a title of chiefly dignity; aoao, 



excellent, surpassing, supreme. 

 The interrelation of the Polynesian ao 

 and aso designating day may lead to con- 

 fusion as regards this ao. This sense is con- 

 fined to two languages in Nuclear Polynesia 

 (Samoa, ut sup. ; Tonga, aoao, sovereignty, 

 supreme) and to these three languages 

 of Southeast Polynesia. The Tongan 

 form shows that the Proto-Samoan had 

 no inner aspirate, therefore the alter- 

 native Rapanui aho is a case of error. As 

 employed in Southeast Polynesia the 

 word deviates only in the particularization 

 which exists but in our thought method, 

 government in the South Sea can not exist 



